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Social Anxiety
Friday's Progress Notes - December 15, 2000
Mental Health Information - Vol. 4 Issue 37
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CONTENTS
1. Treating social anxiety disorder in family practice
2. Fighting phobias
3. Social phobia
4. Cognitive-behavioral therapies for anxiety and depression
5. Stress and health
6. Positive thinking
7. Assessing children's social competence
8. Stress and young children
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anxiety, an often overlooked and under treated disorder.
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John L. Miller, MD
1. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Social Anxiety Disorder: A Common, Underrecognized Mental Disorder
Social phobia is a highly prevalent psychiatric disorder that has
shown responsiveness to specific pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/991115ap/2311.html
2. FDA CONSUMER MAGAZINE
Fighting Phobias
A person can develop a specific phobia of anything, but in most cases the phobia is shared by many people and has a name.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/fightingphobias.html
3. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
Social Phobia
Social phobia, also called social anxiety, is a disorder characterized by overwhelming anxiety and excessive self-consciousness in everyday social situations.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/SocialPhobia.html
4. ATHEALTH.COM
Putting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Work for You
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy used to treat depression, anxiety disorders and other problems such as anger, fears, procrastination as well as improve confidence and relationships.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/CBT.html
5. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Stress and Your Health
Stress can take on many different forms, and can contribute to symptoms of illness.
6. ATHEALTH.COM
Positive Thinking
There are three common negative themes that can create restlessness: persistent worry, catastrophic thinking and self-critical thinking.
7. ATHEALTH.COM
Assessing Young Children's Social Competence
During the past two decades, a convincing body of evidence has accumulated to indicate that unless children achieve minimal social competence by about the age of 6 years, they have a high probability of being at risk into adulthood in several ways.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/ChildSocialSkills.html
8. ERIC DIGEST
Stress and Young Children
Some stress is a normal part of a child's everyday life and can have positive influences. However, excessive stress can have both immediate and far-reaching effects on children's adaptability to new situations, even events that are seemingly unrelated to the specific stressful event.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/childstress.html
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